Ilorah Surname

706,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 416 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ilorah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ilorah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4101:432,05622,278
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ilorah (26) may also be a first name.

Ilorah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ilorah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ilorah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ilorah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ilorah is the 706,244th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 17,518,139 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ilorah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ilorah is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 26 people.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 410 people, or 1 in 432,056. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Enugu, where 25 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ilora91135/
Hilora8381/
Iloroh834/
Ilorha833/
Ilerah832/
Illora832/
Iluora831/
Iliora831/
Ilorza831/
Elorah831/
Iloiray776/
Gilgora772/
Iloriea772/
Illoura772/
Gillora771/
Hiloraa771/
Gailora771/
Giloray770/
Elora73483/
Ilara73307/
Ilera73118/
Iloro7378/
Ulora734/
Ylora732/
Jlora731/
Jilharah7121/
Elotrach714/
Islarath711/
Ielorhey710/
Elorza678,702/
Illera672,212/
Hilera671,201/
Elorga67403/
Ailara67314/
Gelora67227/
Uloroh67111/
Hilara6769/
Gilara6767/
Ellora6739/
Ilarza6737/
Eslora6732/
Ileera6721/
Illoro6721/
Ailera6714/
Illara6712/
Ulerah6712/
Elorra6711/
Ilaura6710/
Ilarat675/
Jilara675/
Eloera673/
Jilera672/
Yilera672/
Ullora672/
Iolara672/
Iliara671/
Ilooro671/
Islara671/
Eloras671/
Elerah671/
Oiloro671/
Elorho671/
Elohra671/
Ileura671/
Ulorra671/
Yloora671/
Ileraj671/
Ularah671/
Ilarra671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ilorah
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